President spiritually vigilant

 While many people are so gullible that they have repeatedly lost fortunes to false prophets, spiritists and charlatans, our President appears to have disappointed and exposed a good number of such lying prophets, seers of visions and dreamers of dreams. His veil of spiritual perception seems to be impenetrable.
Early this year the President complained, at the official opening of the Zion church shrine, that many pastors had made an influx into his office and residence only to prophesy that he would live long. He could not help it but laugh at such goofy, off-the-wall prophecies.
He explained that at his age he could not accept such predictions because he knows he has already lived long.
Instead of looking forward to the predicted long life ahead, he looks back with gratitude to God for the 87 long years he has already lived. Were those prophets sent to him by God or they just went? It is obvious that they just went.
And as the President revealed at the burial of the late national hero, Solomon Mujuru, these prophets and dreamers are still going to him with more unsolicited predictions.
The latest prophecies given to him concern his winning the next elections. Still, like the biblical Nehemiah, the president’s spiritual vigilance and simplicity of faith enable him to discern that these predictions are not from God but are just meant to please or manipulate him.
He said that he pays attention to these prophets but knows in his heart that they are telling him lies. He, in fact, suspects that these same prophets after prophesying victory for him also visit opposition party leaders and prophesy victory for them in the same elections.
How can all candidates win the same elections? Well, when you hear such things like that, you begin to question whether some of these prophecies are really from God.
Such prophecies remind me of a woman who prophesied saying, “Thus saith the Lord: Was I not with Joshua when I split the Red Sea?” Suddenly she stopped and then said, “The Lord has made a mistake. It was not Joshua; it was Moses.” God does not make such mistakes. False prophets do.
It is such abuses of the gift of prophecy that cause God to warn us to exercise caution when dealing with prophecy. 
Though the gospel part of the President’s address included denunciations of homosexuality, divination, occultism and false pro-phets, it was the following thought-provoking question he posed that succinctly revealed the sharpness of his spiritual perception.
He asked why God would reveal things that concern him personally to somebody else; and not to him directly since he also is a Christian, a child of God.
The President is a political leader, not a spiritual leader, but how so concise, profound and scripturally accurate was his spiritual analysis! He believes enough in his divine sonship to directly receive guidance and direction from his heavenly father.
 If only believers could adopt his attitude towards prophets, dreamers and diviners they would escape a greater number of unnecessary spiritual conflicts and financial losses. 
According to the scriptures, we are to be led, guided and directed primarily by the written word of God, which is a lamp unto our feet and a light to our path (Psalm 119:105) as well as by the indwelling Holy Spirit, which seals the sons and daughters of God (Romans 8:14).
Yes, there is allowance in the scriptures for prophetic edification of the church and individuals but the Bible also stipulates that prophecy must be subject to scrutiny, judgement and confirmation.
 If the prophetic message is scripturally unsupported or contradictory to the inward witness of an awakened man’s spirit, then the prophet was not sent by God.
The problem we have today is of people who have itching ears that seek to hear only what pleases them without testing every spirit as the Scripture recommends.
The President seems to be perceptive and discerning enough not to swallow everything that comes in the name of ‘Thus saith the Lord.’
But for interest’s sake, why would a genuine man of God go to the President and prophesy things or relate his dreams which are not congruent with Scripture and reality? Their conflict is not in visiting the president with a message; for God has used prophets in many cases to communicate His will to the kings or even to critique the decisions of the monarchs.
 But their conflict lies in abusing the divine gift of prophecy either through faking inspiration from God by using the authoritative phrase ‘Thus saith the Lord’ or by altering the message God would have given them fearing that His Excellency will not find it palatable. In my own opinion it is the hallmark of integrity not to fake divine inspiration for manipulative purposes.
It is possible for any Zimbabwean to make appointment with the President just for a social chat, hand-shake or to openly request for help without using the name of God in vain.

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